SHELTER REALTY CORP. v. ALLIED MAINTENANCE CORP.

No. 714, Docket 77-7545.

574 F.2d 656 (1978)

SHELTER REALTY CORP., 101-103 Park Avenue, Inc., Penn Seventh Realty Corp., 600 Group 54th Street, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLIED MAINTENANCE CORP., Allied Building and Airport Services, Inc., Alpine Industries, Inc., Anchor Cleaning Service, Inc., Arcade Cleaning Contractors, Inc., Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Eastern Maintenance Service, Inc., MacLean Service Company, Inc., National Kinney Corporation, Prudential Building Maintenance Corporation, Temco Service Industries, Inc., and Triangle Maintenance Service, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided from the bench March 20, 1978.

Opinion filed April 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin London, New York City (David S. Elkind, Gregory J. Wallance, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant National Kinney Corp., and on behalf of all appellants.

Fred A. Freund, John A. Friedman, Mark C. Zauderer, Rena C. Seplowitz, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendant-appellant Prudential Building Maintenance Corp.

Raymond J. Horowitz, John A. Young, Edward S. Weltman, Graubard, Moskowitz, McGoldrick, Dannett & Horowitz, New York City, for defendants-appellants Allied Maintenance Corp. and Allied Building and Airport Services, Inc.

Charles G. Moerdler, Lawrence M. Handelsman, Alan Kolod, Strook & Strook & Lavan, New York City, for defendant-appellant Temco Service Industries, Inc.

Barry H. Garfinkel, Edward J. Yodowitz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for defendant-appellant Alpine Industries, Inc.

William W. Prager, Spiro, Felstiner, Prager & Treeger, New York City, for defendant-appellant Anchor Cleaning Service, Inc.

Ira M. Millstein, Robert Brodegaard, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant-appellant Arcade Cleaning Contractors.

S. Edward Orenstein, Allan M. Pollack, S. Edward Orenstein, P. C., New York City, for defendant-appellant Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

Robert Morvillo, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Martin, Obermaier & Morvillo, New York City, for defendants-appellants Eastern Maintenance Service, Inc. and Triangle Maintenance Service, Inc.

Ira Postel, Shea, Gould, Climenko, Kramer & Casey, New York City, for defendant-appellant MacLean Service Co., Inc.

Stanley M. Grossman, New York City (Abraham L. Pomerantz, Marc I. Gross, Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees Shelter Realty Corp. and 600 Group 54th Street.

Robert N. Kaplan, New York City (Richard Kilsheimer, Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Foley, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee 101-103 Park Avenue, Inc.

Sheldon P. Barr, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee Penn Seventh Realty Corp.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and SMITH and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

In this case, we are once again confronted with an attempted appeal of an interlocutory order granting class action certification. Since the issues raised manifestly do not satisfy the tripartite test of "fundamentality," "separability" and "irreparable harm" governing our Court's extremely limited exception to the final judgment doctrine in class certification cases, we dismissed this appeal in open court. But, in light of the burgeoning caseload...

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